Method of preparing strands for weaving rugs and the like



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v 1,445,? E. OLSON METHOD OF. PREPARING STRANDS FOR WEAVING RUGS' ANDTHE LIKE Filed s t. 24, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 1 mm. m, 123. 4 1,44,793

- W. E. OLSON METHOD OF PREPARING STRANDS FOR WEAVING HUGS AND THE LIKEFiled Sept. 24, 1921 2 sheet-sheet 2 i To all to iLO'llt it may concern:

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.llpplieation filed September 24, 1921. Serial no. 502,597.

"Be it known that I ammi ome s citizen of the United States, and aresident 01-5 the cityo'f Chicago, county oi Cook, and State oflllinoisyhave lnventedcertaln new n andiiseful Improvementsin Methods ofPrej paring Strands for Weaving Bugs and the lilte, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Qll lyinvention relates to inipi'ovenieuts in methods of preparingstrands forweaving rugs andthefl like, and has for its object theprovision of an improved method for the purpose by rneans [of whichstrong. durable and attractive r s; carpets and the like may be rewovenfrom old material such as old carpets, rugs, blan] :ets,cloth1ng and thelike. a

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in tl'ie methods of procedure hereinafterdescribed and claimed. The invention will be best understood byreference to the accompanying drawings forming a partoffzthisspecification and in isa partial top plan view of a cuttingtableemployedin the process. i

tion of one i the stri issofmaterial cut by said cutting table,

Fig. 3, an enlarged, exaggerated diagram- HifltlC view illustratingsubstantially the appearance ofan enlarged SGC GIOIMtakQH on line ofFig. 2,

Fig. 1, a perspectivefview illustratingone of said strips in the processof twlstlng the same,

Fig. 5, a detail View illustrating the twist spindle employed in suchtwisting,

Fig. 6, a partial View of a strip partially twisted,

Flg. .7, an enlarged detail View similar toFigQS but diagrammaticallyillustrating the position of the threads assumed at an early stage inthe twisting, and I Fig-57F, a view. similar toF1gk7 hut illustratingthe final position of the threads assinned from the twisting.

The preferred method of procedure con sistsin ripping carpets, rugs andthe like intothe original carpet widths from which they were originallyformed. These widths are then dampenedto render them flexible andcapable of easy manipulation. They are then passed through an ordinarycutting machine and cut into strips.

The cutting operation substantially illustrated in side of the strip asindicated in Fig. 7 thus Fig. lot the drawings wherein 8 represents0118x01 such carpet'strips being cut into smaller strips. The cuttingmachine is an old and well-known machine for the purpose and comprises asuitable cutting table 9 providedwith a vertically reciprocating knife10 cooperating withthe cutting blade or head 11 arranged at the edge ofthe table 9 and equipped with a suitable feed roller 152 as indicated,the machine operating in the usualavay to cut the strips 8 intothesmaller transverse strips 13 as indicated. i Thetransverse or warpthreads "of the strip 12ers usually more or less distorted from theoriginal straight lines assumed in the original weaving process,especially where used and worn carpets and rugs are warp threads so asto revent cutting or breaking the edge threa s.

The strip thus produced is illustrated diagrammatically in Figs. 2 and 3and, it will be observed, (011-1 tains. two sets of interior centralwarp threads 14 and sets 15 and 16 adjacent the cut edges thereof. i

Then the strip 13 has one endinserted in a clamp 17 at the end of arotating spindle 18 and whereby said strip is twisted as in dicated inFig. 4. The first effect of this twisting will be to withdraw the warpthreads 15 and 16 from the body of the material and arrangingsaidthreads on the out freeing the edge fibers of the strip 13 to form anap. As thetwisting proceeds the threads or strands 15 and 16 are drawnto ing the same and preventing any loss of orig inal strength thereofintheweaving process. The strips or strands thus vformed and twisted arethen permitted to dry and are woven passes y into rugs, carpets and thelike by being used as the woof threads or strands in an ordinary weavingmachine. The re-woven rugs and carpets thus formed will be found to bestrong, durable and reversible in use, the fibers projecting from theedges of the strips 13. forming a double nap on both sides thereof.

WVhile I have illustrated and described the. pre'l erredmethod ofprocedure and apparatus for carrying on the same, these are capable 01"variation and modification with out departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not ish to be limited to the precise methodand apparatus set forth but desire to avail myself of such variationsand modifications as come within the sco e of the a 3 Jended claims.

Having descril' ed my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1 The method of preparing strands for weaving rugs and the like whichconsists in first dampening a strip o1"- woven material; straighteningand cutting said strip into smaller strips; and then twisting saidsmaller strips to form strands ior weaving, substantially as described.

2. The method of preparing strands for weaving rugs and the like whichconsists in first dampening a strip of woven material; straightening andtransversely cutting said strip into smaller stripsupon linessubstantially parallel with the transversely ex=- tending woven strandsthereof; then twisting said smaller strips to form strands for weaving;and then drying said strips, substantially as described.

.3. The method of preparing strands for Weaving rugs and the like whichconsists in first, dampening a strip of woven material;

straightening and cutting said strip into smaller stri )8 containing aplurality oi ion-- gitudinal strands; and then twisting said smallerstrips until the longitudinal threads at the edges thereof are drawn outof the material and arranged against the sides thereof to form strands'l'or weaving, substantially as described.

4. The method of preparing strands for veaving rugs and the like whichconsists in first dampening a strip of woven material; straightening andtransversely cutting said strip into smaller strips :llOllg linessubstantially parallel with the transverse woven strands thereofandcontaining a plurality of such strands; then twisting said smallerstrips until the longitudinal strands at the edges thereoi are drawn outol the material and arranged against the sides thereof; and then dryingsaid twisted strips, substantially as described.

5. The method of preparing strands for weaving rugs and the like whichconsists in first dampening strips of carpet material; straightening andtransversely cutting said strip into smaller strips containing at leastfour of the transverse woven strands thereof; then twisting said smallerstrips until the edge strands thereof are drawn out ol the material andarranged substantially ccntrally against the sides thereof; and thendrying said twisted strips to: form strands for weaving, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have si ned my name to this specification in thepresence o l two subscribing witnesses.

\VALTITER E. LSON. Witnesses J. P. DECLEENE, E. B. Psnz

